Assessment of actual and potential uses of EPHS costing in decision making
| From responses to Q33 (online supplemental annex 1) Rating scale 0–10 | This time | Future exercises | ||
| N* | Mean rating | N* | Mean rating | |
| Contracting-out (PPPs, NGOs, etc) | 4 | 7.25 | 4 | 8.75 |
| Medicines, equipment, supplies procurement | 4 | 7.5 | 4 | 8 |
| Prioritisation of health interventions | 5 | 6.8 | 5 | 7.4 |
| Service delivery planning | 4 | 6.25 | 4 | 7.25 |
| Long-term budgeting—national/local | 4 | 5.5 | 4 | 6.75 |
| Infrastructure investment plans | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | 5 |
*N indicates the number of countries that expressed an opinion of a given type of use (instructions indicated to leave blank if a respondent had no opinion or did not know).
EPHS, essential package of health services; NGOs, Non-governmental organisations; PPPs, Public-private partnerships.